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Definition of "nosebag" [nose•bag]

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "nosebag" in a sentence
  • "[FN#139] The "nosebag"; vol.ii. 52, etc. The Badawíyah (Badawí woman) generally prefers a red colour, in opposition to the white and black of civilisation; and she of the Arabian Desert generally disdains to use anything of the kind."
  • "Turns out she was the plaything of a nosebag solicitor who “took her case on”"
  • "There I was, watching Nathan's Famous Hot Dog eating contest when, once the men's championship had finished and the female troughers donned the nosebag, ESPN America made a brief announcement about how it was a "world leader in sport" and switched with indecent haste back to Major League baseball."